I'm (as you've probably guessed) a big Kazuya Minekura fan, with Wild Adapter, Saiyuki, and Stigma being some of my favorites of her work.

And ff.net keeps changing what formatting they allow. I'm just realizing that stories that uploaded years ago now have issues, especially during scene changes. (Basically, what signaled a scene or perspective change have been removed and now everything goes together in one confusing block.) It will take some time to check each story, and try to edit it to make sense again, so I apologize for any confusion.

Takes place before Tokitoh enters the picture. Kubota and Komiya live the Yakuza life, but when the anticipation of a rumor about the two of them arises, Komiya re-evaluates his relationship with Kubota in order to regain his sense of pride as a kohai, tr

WA- Since Minekura hasn't spelled things out yet, a short look at what Kubota's and Tokitoh's meeting may have been. For Tokitoh's credit, it's understandable to be a little cranky when you wake up in a stranger's bed with no memory.

*This story is written by Mebae so please direct your comments to her. Her story is translated from Japanese by MJJ. With permission, I've posted the translation here.* Summary: What happened to Hakkai in the last life before this. Sad and poetic.